“Disruptive change” is a buzzword for many industries, and health care is no exception.
Changes in practice payment methodologies and locations of service affect the learning …

Importance Patient outcomes associated with the 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour reforms have not been evaluated at a national level …

MANY PHYSICIANS RECALL THEIR RESIDENCY EX-periences as the best of times and
the worst of times. The best refers to the camaraderie and shared values, the exponential …

Background Sleep deprivation negatively affects resident performance, education, and
safety. Concerns over these effects have prompted efforts to reduce resident hours. This …

Background: In 2002, the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education enacted
regulations, effective 1 July 2003, that limited work hours for all residency programs in the …

Purpose In July 2003, resident duty hours regulations were implemented. The impact of
these regulations on medical student education has received minimal attention. The …

Background Residents experience the longest working hours among physicians. Thus, it
would be beneficial to perform a nationwide survey in Japan on residents' long work hours …

Purpose To implement and evaluate a new ward team call system that would meet the
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) duty-hour requirements …

The case of Libby Zion, an 18-year-old who died of a fatal drug interaction while under the
care of two residents, spurred work-hour reforms first in New York state and subsequently …

The medical education community's conversations about residents' duty hours have long
focused solely on the number of those hours. In July 2011, the Accreditation Council for …